DocumentCode
841636
Title
Grammars and relations
Author
Mark, Leo ; Cochrane, Roberta
Author_Institution
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Maryland Univ., College Park, MD, USA
Volume
18
Issue
9
fYear
1992
fDate
9/1/1992 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
840
Lastpage
849
Abstract
The potential benefits obtained when context-free grammars are used to define complex objects in the relational model are demonstrated. The grammar formalism facilitates relational queries on the hierarchical structure of these objects and promotes the use of grammar-based tools as front ends to relational database systems
Keywords
context-free grammars; query processing; relational databases; user interfaces; complex objects; context-free grammars; front ends; grammar formalism; grammar-based tools; hierarchical structure; relational database systems; relational model; relational queries; Application software; Buildings; Computer science; Context modeling; Data engineering; Data mining; Data models; Data structures; Military computing; Relational databases;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Software Engineering, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0098-5589
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/32.159832
Filename
159832
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